Custom Steel Thermochromic Body Monitor Belt, Mary Ann Scherr

Worn by Miss Ohio for the Miss Universe pageant, 1969, tapering stainless steel belt with five circular liquid crystal panels to the front, completed with an adjustable triple hook clasp.

5.25 in. at front; 25.5 - 27 in.

From the Personal Jewelry Collection of the late Mary Ann Scherr, Raleigh, North Carolina

A Similar Belt was Exhibited:
All Is Possible - Mary Ann Scherr’s Legacy in Metal, Gregg Museum of Art & Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2020. Curated by Ana Estrades. Illustrated p. 9

As a noted designer, Mary Ann Scherr's work can be found in the permanent collections of major museums including the Vatican Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Museum of Art, and many others of note. Moving to North Carolina in 1989, she shared ownership in Raleigh's Roundabout Art Collective; her designs have been featured in the Gregg Museum of Art and Design, the Mahler, the Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild, and the Penland School of Crafts.

Good estate condition; lifting at edges of liquid crystal panels.

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